Well, hi Greg and the rest of you Campbell Cuzzes:
I taught that "poem" for many years......along with the beautiful melody
that accompanies it! However, I beg to differ with Greg on the date of the
origin, although the first royalties (after Berlin died, were given to the
Boy Scouts of America)....now it seems--times have changed...and it is an
unofficial National Anthem for the USA......(as well a America the Beautiful
by Katharine Lee Bates).
Enjoy the Fourth and remember how lucky we are to live here....at least so
far!
Marylyn Dewey Adams
God Bless America
Words and music by Irving Berlin
© Copyright 1938, 1939 by Irving Berlin
© Copyright Renewed 1965, 1966 by Irving Berlin
© Copyright Assigned to the Trustees of the God Bless America Fund
International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.
Used by Permission
"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free,
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. "
God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with
foam
God bless America, My home sweet home.
Irving Berlin
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